How to Calculate NEET Score – National Testing Agency will release the result of NEET via online mode. Candidates who appear for the entrance test can calculate their NEET score using the marking scheme, response sheet and answer key before the declaration of NEET result. Test-takers must match their answers (with the help of the response sheet) with the answer key to calculate their overall NEET score precisely.
The medical aspirants will need to score the NEET qualifying marks (at least 50th percentile) to become eligible for the counselling round. Nearly 15.93 lakh candidates have applied for the National Cum Eligibility Entrance Test 2020. As per the Medical Council of India (MCI), the entrance score will be considered to fill the 80,055 seats available across 542 government and private colleges. Read the article to know about the steps to calculate NEET score.
How to Calculate NEET Score?
The answer key and individual response sheets of candidates will be made available on the NTA website soon after the completion of the NEET exam. Check below the steps to calculate the NEET score using the marking scheme-
1st Step: Candidates must download the answer key and response sheet from the official website of NTA (https://ntaneet.nic.in/ntaneet/welcome.aspx)
2nd Step: Check the correct responses from the answer key and compare with the response sheet.
3rd Step: Calculate and note down the number of correct and incorrect answers.
4th Step: Calculate the overall score using the formula-
| Total marks in NEET= (Number of correct responses) x4 – (Number of incorrect answers) x1 |
5th Step: Further, aspirants can use the calculated score to estimate their NEET rank.
NEET Marking Scheme
Candidates who appear for the test can estimate their score with the help of marking scheme. Check below the marking criteria for NEET-
NEET Marking Criteria
| Type of Response | Marks Awarded | Marks Deducted |
| Correct response | 4 | 0 |
| Incorrect response | 0 | 1 |
| No response marked | 0 | 0 |
| Answer with more than one response marked | 0 | 1 |
NEET Answer Key and Response Sheet
The officials release the answer key and response sheet of NEET after the completion of the entrance test. Candidates can download the answer key and response sheets from the first week of October 2020 (tentative) via online mode. Using the answer key and response sheet, candidates can easily estimate their NEET score. As stated above, aspirants must add 4 marks for each correct answer and subtract 1 mark for every incorrect response.
How to Calculate NEET Score in Case of Discrepancy in Question(s)?
The National Testing Agency (NTA), with the help of subject-matter experts, reconfirms whether all the questions in the examination were correct or not. In case of any incorrect/invalid question, NTA releases a notification specifying the number of questions that were found to be incorrect or invalid. For such questions, all the aspirants who appear for the examination will be awarded full marks (irrespective of whether they have attempted said questions or not).
What is NEET response sheet?
NEET examinees mark their responses in an OMR sheet which National Testing Agency releases with the answer key. NEET OMR sheet helps candidates recall their marked answer and match the same with the answer key. It enables candidates to predict their NEET score more precisely well before the examination. NTA makes NEET OMR sheet available on its website in a PDF format.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. What is a good NEET score?
Ans: A score of 550 is considered a good NEET score to become eligible for counselling at decent medical colleges. However, candidates will need to score above 600 to get admission in a top-notch medical college.
Q2. How can I calculate the NEET score?
Ans: Aspirants can calculate their NEET score using the NEET answer key and response released by the officials.
Q3. How many MBBS colleges offer admission via NEET result?
Ans: A total of 542 government and private MBBS colleges across India offer admission on the basis of NEET score.
Q4. What is the criterion for NEET qualifying marks?
Ans: Candidates need to score a minimum of 50th percentile to qualify NEET. However, the minimum percentile would vary for candidates hailing from reserved categories.
Stay tuned to embibe.com to catch all the updates about the NEET score.
Entrance Exam 